DPM International is Jamaica’s first PMI® Registered Education Provider

PRLog (Press Release) – Nov 14, 2008 – Development Partners and Management (DPM) International is the first organisation in Jamaica to be approved by the Project Management Institute (PMI) to provide project management training and issue Category Three Professional Development Units (PDU). These units can be used for maintaining the Project Management Professional (PMP® credential, as well as for the “contact hours” that are required to apply to sit for the PMP. Prospective Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.) undergoes a rigorous quality review process.

To be an R.E.P. an organisation must meet certain criteria including qualified instructors, course content and delivery as well as demonstrated evidence of the company's consistent adherence to the PMI® standards. Having successfully met these criteria, DPM International now joins the prestigious list of R.E.Ps. worldwide who are able to issue PDUs for credit towards meeting the Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR) of the PMP® certification. In order to obtain PMP®) certification individuals must satisfy education and experience requirements, agree to and adhere to obtain 60 PDUs every three years in order to maintain certification. PMPs completing DPM/Boston University Corporate Education Center project management courses accrue one PDU for each hour of course duration.

Sherrone Lobban, CEO of DPM International states that this recognition by PMI has leveraged DPM International’s quality client service and educational methodology, which ensures the highest level of knowledge transfer to our client and skill retention that makes them the best in the field.  DPM International is honoured and delighted to be the first company in Jamaica to be approved as a Project Management Institute, Registered Education Provider. This is an enormous achievement and we will continue to offer our clients innovative and high impact project management consultancy and training services.

About PMI
The PMI was founded almost 40 years ago, and now has over 265,000 members in over 170 countries.  Today, PMI is the organization of choice for project management professionalism and the leading non-profit professional association for Project Management. The primary goal of PMI is to advance the practice, science and profession of project management throughout the world in a conscientious and proactive manner so that organizations everywhere will embrace, value and utilize project management-and then attribute their successes to it. PMI establishes Project Management standards and professional certification for project leaders. PMI’s R.E.P. Program is designed to enhance the ongoing professional development of PMI Members, Project Management Professionals (PMPs), and other project management stakeholders through participation in various educational activities and experiences related to the discipline of project management.